Crashing into Friday Giftures

Did this week feel like a train wreck in progress to everyone else like it did to me? I don't know if you remember all the way back to Monday, but it was a whole month ago (September) and that is a busy month for my job.  It required me to sit at my desk … Continue reading Crashing into Friday Giftures

Bitter Pain

  Two weeks ago while on vacation, I was at a small, local waterpark, doing the thing that I was born to do when I'm not laying on a couch.  As soon as I got my kids set up so they wouldn't drown, I got myself in the endless cycle of a lazy river.  I … Continue reading Bitter Pain

From The Bitter May Snowstorm to Bitter Ben Gardner Newsletter Vol. 3

Seattle is one of the few places in Western hemisphere where it can go a whole year without snow from October to April, but somehow hammer us with snow in May.  When I first moved here 13 years ago and witnessed the phenomenon, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.  The worst part was the … Continue reading From The Bitter May Snowstorm to Bitter Ben Gardner Newsletter Vol. 3

In In case you missed it…because you were busy telling your mom sorry for being such a bitter brat

Orr....maybe that was just me.  Yeah, definitely.  My mom raised 5 kids, a husband, a cat and a dog.  She fed the dog better than me, but on the other hand, he didn't bark back at her as much as I did.  She woke up super early every morning to teach me (and a bunch … Continue reading In In case you missed it…because you were busy telling your mom sorry for being such a bitter brat